Team Manager - Stores

Alfa Laval; Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Alfa Laval in Pune seeks a Team Manager Store to lead warehouse operations, ensure stock accuracy, coordinate inbound and outbound logistics, and drive Lean initiatives.

The role requires a commerce graduate with 5–7 years in stores, strong ERP/MM knowledge, cross-cultural communication, and a focus on safety and process improvement.

Qualifications

• Commerce graduate with 5–7 years in stores/warehouse
• Strong knowledge of store & warehouse processes and ERP/MM tools
• Good cross-cultural communication and team collaboration

Responsibilities

• Lead stock management, inbound/outbound logistics and stock accuracy
• Drive 5S/Lean-like improvements and safety in stores
• Coordinate with QA, buyers and suppliers to ensure timely material handling

Skills

Store & warehouse processes

ERP systems

MM tools

Cross-cultural understanding

Communication skills

Education

Commerce Graduate

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Vacancy for Team Manager Store _ SET

Join us as a Team Manager Store based in Pune to manage all stores activities, a high-level accuracy is to be maintained in the stock. Being a support function, understand the customer needs and support them. Give top priority to the production.

Vacancy for Team Manager Store _ SET

Join us as a Team Manager Store based in Pune to manage all stores activities, a high-level accuracy is to be maintained in the stock. Being a support function, understand the customer needs and support them. Give top priority to the production.

About The Company

In Alfa Laval, we are every single day contributing to a more sustainable future for our planet through engineering innovation. Our global team designs and implements the refining, recycling and purifying process that allow our customers to be better themselves. You will find our work in leading applications for water purification, clean energy, food production, waste processing, pharmaceutical development and much more. The people of Alfa Laval enjoy the freedom to pursue ideas and the resources to see those ideas to become reality, in an environment that welcomes drive, courage and diversity. The result is a company where we all can be very proud of what we do. Our core competencies are in the areas of heat transfer separation, and fluid handling. We are dedicated to optimizing the performance of our customers' processes. our world-class technologies, our systems, equipment and services must create solutions that help our customers stay ahead. Please feel free to peruse our website www.alfalaval.com.

The Position / About The Job

In this job the Team Manager Store would be responsible for:

Key Tasks And Responsibilities

• Responsible for: the stock, incoming material from supplier, coordination with Receipt QC for inspection, locating material at the correct place, picking of material within short time.
• Responsible for proper transaction of material.
• Count the material and update to maintain a high accuracy level of stock.
• High light: the stock level when it goes up, material comes early than required, etc.
• Set and follow up targets for the group and monitor the performance.
• Make GRR as soon as the material received to support SDOT, which is one of the factories KPIs.
• Secure ALPS / Lean Six Sigma and other Operations initiative in the within the group – Run the ALPS Board as per the standard, 5S, kaizen, Projects & FTMs.
• Secure Standardized work via SOP’s and development of these.
• Drive Problem Solving & Improvement activities in the stores.
• Responsible for quick disposal of supplier rejection and scrap material from stores.
• Responsible for high level of safety precautions in the stores/yard.
• Preparation of e-way bill.
• Dispatch of material against MSJ.
• Stock verification of A & B class items on regular basis.
• Maintain FIFO to shelf-life items.

Expectations & Responsibilities

• Align overall targets and KPI’s to department goals and KPI’s. E.g., – ALPS, 5S, Kaizen, accuracy of stock, negative stock, Rejection volume to zero.
• Maintain and develop ESI for own team.
• Secure feasible and standard communication plan within team.
• Support with development of different tools to increase productivity, order handling, cost calculation, design etc.
• Analyze process deviations and facilitate root cause analysis and solutions via sourcing, order handling, planning and stores- team supported by support functions.
• Ensure a good level of cooperation between buyers, TM's and suppliers.
• Assures stocking program is implemented as agreed.
• Analyze inventory values and system set up in reducing excess and obsolete inventory.
• Analyze ALPS sourcing, delivery and stores SB problems on weekly basis and make action plans to overcome issues –Maintenance of relevant basic data parameters.
• Drive / facilitate project work within the department.
• Secure frozen production schedule minimum next 6 days.
• Launch, Schedule, Close Shop Work Orders.
• Constant awareness about future shortages minimum N5W.
• Securing highest level of safety in Stores and in the yard.
• Creating total overview of the department load.

Competencies

• Be a result driven leader who likes to be visible in the organization
• Drive result through people
• Be open and communicative
• Have high integrity
• Have a strategic perspective
• Have ability to create overview

Process Knowledge

• Assembly processes, Flow thinking (Lean)

Key Relationships

• Team Managers
• Factory Manager
• Other Unit Managers
• Support functions
• Customers, internal and external
• Suppliers, internal and external

Authority Level / Power Of Procuration

Break down the Unit´s overall targets into targets for each Team / Function. Follow up targets and take corrective actions in case of deviations. To make ALPS audits within the Unit and take corrective actions in case of deviations To delegate tasks in the Stores organisation.

Who are you?

As a person who manage the warehouse and ensures Inbound and Outbound logistics of material in time by optimizing resources to continuously improve output and meet customer expectation

What can you be?

• Commerce Graduate, minimum 5 -7 years of experience in same field
• Independent and self-motivated, Drive to continuously improve performance
• knowledge of store & warehouse processes.
• Knowledge of ERP and MM tools.
• Overall supply chain understanding.
• Knowledge of material management.
• Support functions – Sourcing, Quality, Order handling
• Suppliers, internal and external.
• Good cross-cultural understanding.
• Good communication skills.

Why should you apply

• We offer you an interesting and challenging position in an open and friendly environment where we help each other to develop and create value for our customers.
• Exciting place to build a global network with different nationalities to mingle and to learn.
• Your work will have a true impact on Alfa Laval’s future success, you will be learning new things every day.

"We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioural traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games."